Two California Highway Patrol officers were injured Wednesday morning when their vehicle crashed into a tree in Culver City. The crash was reported just after 12:30 a.m. Wednesday at Bristol Parkway near Green Valley Circle.

A 34-year-old California Highway Patrol officer was killed in the line of duty after suffering a suspected “medical emergency” and then crashing his cruiser in Culver City Wednesday morning, authorities said.

A California Highway Patrol officer died Wednesday, July 2, after apparently suffering a medical emergency and crashing his patrol SUV into a tree in Culver City as he and his partner were taking a DUI and drug-possession suspect to jail. The crash was reported just after 12:30 a.m. at Bristol Parkway near Green Valley Circle.